NOTES FROM MR. CRAWFORD
Important Dates for all Families!
All middle school students were provided information regarding end of year events with dates and times in Homeroom on Friday, April 19th. 6th and 7th grade information can be found HERE. 8th grade information can be found HERE.
Exam Schedule
Students and teachers have been diligently working to prepare for next week’s exams! Please remember that Thursday, May 24th and Friday, May 25th are both noon dismissal days for the middle school. There is no extended for middle school students on these days.
The schedule for exams is below.
6th Grade Schedule
Thursday, May 24th
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Friday, May 25th
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Science Exam
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Math Exam
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ELA and History Activities
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Spanish Exam
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7th Grade Schedule
Thursday, May 24th
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Friday, May 25th
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History Activity
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Spanish Exam
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Math Exam
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Science Exam
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8th Grade Schedule
Thursday, May 24th
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Friday, May 25th
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Spanish Exam
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History Activity
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ELA Exam
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Math Exam
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History Activity
Thanks to Mrs. English and a grant from Ancestry.com, our seventh and eighth grade students have been researching the ancestry of a person of interest and creating a video or audio interview of this person as their summative assessment for this trimester. So far the results of this assignment have been fantastic, and we’d like to invite parents to visit Hancock Hall and view the projects during the times listed below.
7th Grade Parents: Thursday, May 24th from 8:30-10am
8th Grade Parents: Friday, May 25th from 8:30-10am
St. Vincent’s Academy Study Skills Course
St. Vincent’s Academy is offering a study skills course to students June 4th - June 7th. The course is to help students learn time management and organization, how to take notes and how to use them to study for tests, understand learning styles and how to process information, and includes resources to help students stay motivated. Please see the following link for more information: Registration
Lunch with Ms. Pedrick
7th grade boys lunch groups will continue next week - Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.
Community Service
AMERICA’S SECOND HARVEST is in immediate need of volunteers to pack boxes for their summer feeding program. Boxes are being packed Monday through Friday from 9-5 and on Saturdays from 8-11:30. Interested students and their families should contact the volunteer coordinator, Bryce at Bryce@helpendhunger.org.
Hancock Day School has encouraged student involvement in serving the community since it was founded. The Community Service Program at HDS was established to prepare our students for a lifetime of service to others. We hope to provide them with the opportunity to experience firsthand the pleasure of helping others while developing their communication, leadership, and decision making skills. Middle School Students are expected to complete a minimum of 10 hours of community service each school year. Please document service hours on the HDS Community Service Log and submit to Madison Ross in the MS office.
8TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS
8th grade Algebra 1 - Mrs. Reardon
Next week in Algebra, we will finish up exam review!! Students have the option to earn 5 extra points on their exam by completing their exam outline packet. The packet will be due on their exam day which is Friday, May 25.
8th grade Advanced Algebra - Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will complete exam review. Students have been given an outline of the topics that will be covered on the exam. The Advanced Algebra exam will take place on Friday, 5/24.
8th grade Geometry - Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will complete exam review. Students have been given an outline of the topics that will be covered on the exam. The Geometry exam will take place on Friday, 5/24.
8th grade Physical Science - Mr. Cooper
Students will continue to work on their electric vehicles in class. We will end with a race on Wednesday, May 23rd. In addition to creating their electric vehicles, students will also compose a written piece focused on this project during class time on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. There is NO final exam in science, but this activity and written component will constitute 10% of students’ overall grade in the course.
8th grade English Language Arts - Mrs. O’Connor
With the research paper behind us, students are now wrapping up their study of nonfiction and preparing for their third trimester exam. I provided students with an outline of content to review on Friday, and next week we will spend class time digging in to each section.
8th grade History & Gov’t II - Mrs. English
This week we will continue working on our summative assessments. Please remember that the interview is due at the beginning of class on Monday. Then we will work on the trifold and paper for the summative assessment. All guidelines and links are on Google Classroom. Please join us for our research fair Friday, May 25th 8:30-10:00, students will present their summative assessments in Hancock Hall.
8th grade Spanish - Ms. Hughes
The listening portion of the Spanish exam will be Monday, May 21st and the speaking portion will be Tuesday, May 22nd and Wednesday May 23rd. Students should continue to go over their study guide in order to prepare for the exam.
7TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS
7th grade Algebra 1 - Mrs. Reardon
Next week in Algebra, we will finish up exam review!! Students have the option to earn 5 extra points on their exam by completing their exam outline packet. The packet will be due on their exam day which is Thursday, May 24.
7th grade Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will complete exam review. Students have been given an outline of the topics that will be covered on the exam. The 7th grade Pre-Algebra exam will take place on Thursday, 5/23.
7th grade History & Gov’t I - Mrs. English
This week we will continue working on our summative assessments. Please remember that the interview is due at the beginning of class on Monday. Then we will work on the trifold and paper for the summative assessment. All guidelines and links are on Google Classroom. Please join us for our research fair Thursday, May 24th 8:30-10:00, students will present their summative assessments in Hancock Hall.
7th grade Spanish - Ms. Hughes
The listening portion of the Spanish exam will be Monday, May 21st and the speaking portion will be Tuesday, May 22nd and Wednesday May 23rd. Students should continue to go over their study guide in order to prepare for the exam.
7th Grade ELA - Mrs./ Boyer
Students will be working on their Exam Activity. Students will be working in their Book Clubs to create an Animal Farm themed newspaper, which will include a literary review, a historical analysis, a political cartoon with an explanation, and advertisements that utilize the propaganda techniques.
Students will be working on their Exam Activity. Students will be working in their Book Clubs to create an Animal Farm themed newspaper, which will include a literary review, a historical analysis, a political cartoon with an explanation, and advertisements that utilize the propaganda techniques.
Reading Logs for T3 were collected on May 17th.
7th grade Life Science - Ms. Hoffman
We are almost to the end of the year. Next week is exam review (Monday through Wednesday) and then exams. The 7th graders will have their science exam on Friday 5/25. On Monday and Tuesday, we will work on a vertebrate study guide and comparison chart for the fish, amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal groups. Wednesday, we will do a review on the Invertebrates we learned about earlier in the trimester. The 3rd trimester exam will cover all of the animals, but will be about 75% over the vertebrates. Students should still have their Invertebrate study guide and other work in their science notebooks to help study from. Our Animal Farm Science Report is due Monday, 5/21 and will count as our last test and homework for the Trimester. Remember that completing this project is an excellent way to review for our exam!
6TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS
6th grade Accelerated Math 7 - Mrs. Reardon
Next week in Accelerated Math 7, we will finish up exam review!! Students have the option to earn 5 extra points on their exam by completing their exam outline packet. The packet will be due on their exam day which is Friday, May 25.
6th grade Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will complete exam review. Students have been given an outline of the topics that will be covered on the exam. The 6th grade Pre-Algebra exam will take place on Friday, 5/24.
6th grade ELA - Mrs. Guggenheim
I have had such a great time teaching your children! Thanks so much for the opportunity and for working with me to create a meaningful support system.
Literature: We will continue to work on and complete our Anne Frank timeline that counts for our exam grade this trimester. When that is complete, we will watch the documentary, Paperclips. Whitwell Middle School in rural Tennessee is the setting for this documentary about an extraordinary experiment in Holocaust education. Struggling to grasp the concept of six-million Holocaust victims, the students decide to collect six-million paper clips to better understand the extent of this crime against humanity. The film details how the students met Holocaust survivors from around the world and how the experience transformed them and their community.
6th grade Earth Science - Ms. Hoffman
Even though we are in the last couple of weeks of school, the 6th grade has been super busy learning about the universe, including our solar system and its’ components (sun, moon, planets, etc.), the life cycle of stars, and how we measure and compare these stars. On Tuesday, 5/15 we had a visit from Oatland Island who brought their digitarium Star Lab. (See the photos below.) We will officially begin our exam review next Monday, 5/21, but the content we have been discussing most recently will compose a significant portion of the exam. Monday is also the day the solar system trading card assignment is due. Students are also completing an Astronomy Alphabet paper to see who can find the most terms we have learned and discussed during class that relate to Astronomy. (Both the trading cards and alphabet paper assignment are fantastic ways to review important information and terms for our upcoming exam.) Winners will get candy bars! Our 3rd Trimester exam will cover both Oceans and Astronomy and will be on Thursday, 5/24. Approximately 75% of the exam will be Astronomy and the students already have in their science notebooks an Oceans study guide completed for the Ocean Unit Test we took last month. Next week we will also do a short review of this section before the exam.
6th Grade Ancient Civ - Mrs. Boyer
This week students will be preparing for their exam which has been changed to an activity. In partners, students will be creating an ABC book over Greek and Roman Culture.
6th Grade Spanish - Ms. Dubick
Hello Parents and Students! The students will have their exam on at 10:30am on Friday 5/25. They will complete the listening portion of the exam on Wednesday 10/23. They will be given an exam review packet this Friday the 18th and should start doing Quizlets to review the vocabulary! They did great on their Monsters projects, which will be up in the hall next week.
MS Art - Mrs. Cookson
“Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.” - Twyla Tharp
8th grade: Will put the final glaze on the clay tiles.
7th grade: Will have our final art class this week, so will wrap up all projects. Look for stuff to come home.
6th grade: Will finish up the Restricted Sculpture.
CLUBS
Science Club
For our last science club meeting of the school year we used water-soluble markers to demonstrate chromatography. Students placed the paper (coffee filters) into water to separate the colors, showing that the inks were actually mixtures. I have really enjoyed working with all the students this year in Science Club and look forward to next year.
